Hacker nets over $600k by compromising NAS systems to mine Dogecoin

A single threat actor is responsible for the compromise of a considerable number of Synology NAS systems that were set to mine Dogecoing in secret and have netted him over $620,000, researchers from Dell SecureWorks reported.

"As early as February 8th of this year, computer users began to notice their Synology Network Attached Storage boxes were performing sluggishly and had a very high CPU usage," they shared in a blog post.